Re: [MinGW-dvlpr] Default to binary mode in MSys?

[LRN <lr...@gm...>]

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On 07.09.2012 18:59, Earnie Boyd wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 10:37 AM, LRN wrote:
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>> On 07.09.2012 17:18, Earnie Boyd wrote:
>>> On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 9:10 AM, LRN wrote:
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>>>> On 07.09.2012 15:59, Earnie Boyd wrote:
>>>>> I assume you meant this for the mingw-dvlpr list.
>>>> I did. Sorry.
>>>> 
>>>>>> Since MSys tries to be POSIXly, why not run _set_fmode 
>>>>>> (_O_BINARY); when MSys core initializes?
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> MSYS already does.
>>>>> 
>>>>>> I've just been reviewing msys/cygwin patches to tar, and 
>>>>>> considerable portion of them is devoted to forcing tar
>>>>>> to use binary mode when working with files. Would be good
>>>>>> to just make it the default for MSys programs and
>>>>>> libraries.
>>>>> 
>>>>> There would be no reason to consider it for MSYS.  All
>>>>> streams are _O_BINARY and cannot be changed by the user.
>>>>> 
>>>> I've grepped msysCORE-1.0.17 for "set_fmode" and found
>>>> nothing. Should i assume that this change is not yet
>>>> released?
>>> 
>>> It's embedded in the bowels of the MSYS source in
>>> winsup/cygwin directory.  I forget exactly how it is
>>> implemented.
>>> 
>> Did some tests on 1.0.17.
>> 
>> 1) Yes, default mode for opened files is binary.
>> 
>> 2) MSys programs CAN open files in text mode, written data will
>> change accordingly (haven't tried to read though).
>> 
> 
> You can specify the 'wt' or _O_TEXT modes but they are ignored
> just like in Linux.
I get different results.
$ gcc 0x0d0a.c -o 0x0d0a.exe && 0x0d0a.exe && stat 0x0d0a.txt -c %s
3

$ gcc --version
gcc (GCC) 3.4.4 (msys special)
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